- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boy Quotes
From playground dreams to fatherly reflection.
This collection gathers quotes touching on boyhood in its many forms, from primary-school friendships and boy scout days to a boy's private ambition to become something larger than himself. See also our Boyhood quotes for more on early years.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a boy, it was clear that my inclinations were toward the physical sciences. Mathematics, mechanics, and chemistry were among the fields that gave me a special satisfaction.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a city boy, born and brought up in Mumbai. I talk fast, have a certain sense of humour, and have grown up watching Jackie Chan movies.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters, they don't notice they're getting made fun of. So they'll say something back that's not that great a quip, but in their mind they won the argument.
- Hat
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- Nov 07, 2020
That first year I was in Ring of Honor, maybe it wasn't even a year, I was wearing the trucker hat thing and wearing John Deere stuff because I felt like part of what made me different from a lot of guys was that I was kind of a good ol' boy and a southern type of guy.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in the country. I am a real proud country boy, love getting back home.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife changes the way that I dress. She makes me dress nicer than I want to dress. I feel like I perpetually dress like a 14-year-old boy, and she makes me stand up straight and wear clean clothes.
- Columbus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
With my childhood, it's a wonder I'm not psychotic. I was the little Jewish boy in the non-Jewish neighborhood. It was a little like being the first Negro enrolled in the all-white school. I grew up in libraries and among books, without friends.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020